Bagger brace install problem

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May 1, 2009 | 08:44 PM

FFeric

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Bagger brace install problem

Tonight I started to put on my bagger brace. I got the 6 bolts out of the oil pan. I tried to slide the brace between the pan and the frame. The left side will go but the right side does not. The cross member seems to be straight. Do I just bend it out? Will it be bad to push it out with a pry bar against the oil pan?
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Eric

May 1, 2009 | 09:03 PM

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I would suggest you NOT pry against the oil pan. If the cross member is tweaked, you'll have to finesse it back a little at a time. Try to get the ten little allen headed bolts started on the cross member portion one at a time and tighten them little by little until you can get all of them in. This should pull the cross member true again.

They do make a tool to straighten it, but try this method first.

Here's a link to the tool, maybe you can make one and save some cash: http://www.true-track.com/tt_20-00et.html

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May 1, 2009 | 09:14 PM

FFeric

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I looked at the cross member again. It bows upward inthe middle. It is the engine that I can not get between the cross member (on the frame) and the oil pan.

So I should use the cross plate and the stays to try to get it straight? I knew I shouldn't have started this tonight. lol

May 1, 2009 | 09:17 PM

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Eric, if the cross member is tweaked beyond being able to do what I suggested, you will have to fabricate a tool like the one I linked you to. I'm sure some have "pryed" it straight, but this is not something I would suggest.

May 1, 2009 | 09:22 PM

FFeric

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Thanks for the reply. I think Sat I will give it a shot the way you suggested.
Eric

May 1, 2009 | 09:24 PM

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Post or PM if you need anything. Let us know how it goes.

May 1, 2009 | 09:29 PM

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Ultracla$$ic is correct about being very very cautious around the oil pan...I did pry mine down and forward it was way out of whack I have a lot of tools at my disposal being a Matco tool salesman...and do not use the plate to try and straighten the cross piece...it will become sprung and you will not get the bolts out ever again.